Whatever is seldom seen under one part of the sky
is readily available in other parts of the earth,
in such quantity there as the cheapest things are here.
Prosperous kingdoms abroad pay good money
for articles which may appear to us valueless.
Thus one country profits from another,
and the whole world in all its parts constitutes
a single household.
Quae rara sub isto
Axe videre soles, aliis in partibus horum
Copia tanta iacet, quantam vilissima tecum
Efficiunt; rursus quaedam quae spreta videntur
Forte tibi, magno mercantur ditia regna,
Altera ut alterius potiatur foenore tellus,
Orbis et in toto per partes una domus sit.
Axe videre soles, aliis in partibus horum
Copia tanta iacet, quantam vilissima tecum
Efficiunt; rursus quaedam quae spreta videntur
Forte tibi, magno mercantur ditia regna,
Altera ut alterius potiatur foenore tellus,
Orbis et in toto per partes una domus sit.
Original text (Latin)